Grief- the Dumbest question

[mjpw]

35% chance to cast level 15 Venom on striking
+30-40% Increased Attack Speed
+340-400 to Damage
Ignore Target's Defense
-25% Target Defense
+1.875 per character level to Damage to Demons
Adds 5-30 Fire Damage
-20-25% to enemy Poison Resistance
20% Deadly Strike
Prevent Monster Heal
+2 to Mana after each kill
+10-15 Life after each kill


Hi I hate to be dumb but could you tell me what is so great about the GRIEF runeword. Apart from the add 400 damage what else is there that is not far better on other runewords, objects etc. it has no crushing blow which is what kills ubers not the raw damage inflicted.

Thanks for you answers

[gorash]

mostly what makes grief so great is the +dmg as it adds a huge load of dmg onto the attack.
ias is also very nice on it.

[Leohappy]

35% chance to cast level 15 Venom on striking
+30-40% Increased Attack Speed
+340-400 to Damage
Ignore Target's Defense
-25% Target Defense
+1.875 per character level to Damage to Demons
Adds 5-30 Fire Damage
-20-25% to enemy Poison Resistance
20% Deadly Strike
Prevent Monster Heal
+2 to Mana after each kill
+10-15 Life after each kill


Hi I hate to be dumb but could you tell me what is so great about the GRIEF runeword. Apart from the add 400 damage what else is there that is not far better on other runewords, objects etc. it has no crushing blow which is what kills ubers not the raw damage inflicted.

Thanks for you answersThe +340-400 to Damage adds to base weapon dmg and it adds to BOTH min & max dmg. Pretty awsome abd a lot better than BOTD. Furthermore +dmg thing also adds to smite dmg, about the only wepon wich can do that.

For ubertrist smiter you don't evn need grief at all, it's more for general pvm or pvp.

[krischan]

If you have one, don't get a shock when the character screen shows a seemingly low damage. The game forgets to multiply the damage bonus with off-weapon bonuses when displaying it.

[SirDooFuss]

If you have one, don't get a shock when the character screen shows a seemingly low damage. The game forgets to multiply the damage bonus with off-weapon bonuses when displaying it.

Which is funny considering the +340-400 is ON weapon damage, it doesn't get displayed at all. Additionally, the ctc Venom takes all forms of poison damage and reduces the damage/sec duration to 0.4 seconds, thereby reducing the poison damage shown on the LCS if you have a lot of poison damage from other sources. We don't call it the LCS (Lying Character Screen) for nothing! :laughing: